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Interactive
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All About Circles

For Students 6th - 8th
In this all about circles instructional activity, students interactively answer 10 multiple choice questions about circles, then click to check their answers.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Crop Circles

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students calculate the area and circumference of a circle. In this geometry lesson, students solve word problems with circles and create formulas to calculate the area. They find the rate and complex area of a circle.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Perimeter and Area

For Students 9th
In this perimeter and area instructional activity, 9th graders solve 17 various types of problems, mostly word problems related to determining the area or perimeter of a geometric shape. They also determine the area and perimeter of...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

TT Pies

For Students 4th - 6th
In this activity about geometry, students learn about circumference. Students are required to find circumference of pies in this activity. There are eight problems in this activity. As a bonus students are asked to find the radius of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

History and the Approximations of pi

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Middle schoolers investigate Pi. In this mathematics lesson, learners discuss the history of Pi and determine how the approximation of Pi was discovered.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Connecting Formulas Related to Geometric Figures

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students identify diagrams of quadrilaterals and circles by different names and classify the figures. They name the areas for each diagram and practice solving the formulas for each.
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Performance
Radford University

Discover Radians!

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
No need for radians to be mysterious. Scholars use a cardboard cut-out of a unit circle and measure the radius and circumference using a piece of string. They consider the number of radii needed to cover the entire circumference and use...
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Teach Engineering

The Great Gravity Escape

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Groups simulate an orbit using a piece of string and a water balloon. Individuals spin in a circular path and calculate the balloon's velocity when the clothes pin can no longer hold onto the balloon.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Circumference and Area

For Students 4th - 6th
In this circumference and area worksheet, students find area and circumference of a set of 9 circles. A website reference is given for additional resources.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Six Activities Regarding Circles and Cylinders

For Students 9th - 10th
In this circles and cylinders instructional activity, students complete six activities answering sixteen questions.  These activities include a discovery of the ratio of circumference to diameter and the formula for area of a circle. ...
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Worksheet
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Similar Polygons and Circles

For Students 9th - 12th
In these similar polygons and circles worksheets, students complete 15 questions including 9 word problems regarding similar polygons. Students then complete 15 questions including 1 word problem involving circumference, area, and arc...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Circle Area, Perimeter and Circumference #2

For Students 5th - 6th
In this area, perimeter and circumference worksheet, students determine radius and circumference of given circles. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Calculate Radius and Diameter, Estimate Circumference #2

For Students 5th - 6th
In this radius, diameter and circumference worksheet, students calculate diameter and estimate circumference of 2 given circles. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Lesson Plan
National Wildlife Federation

What is DBH?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
When measuring the circumference of a tree, does it matter how high you place the measuring tape? Most scholars have never considered this question, but scientists know that measurement techniques must be standardized. The 13th...
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Organizer
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Calculate the Diameter

For Students 6th
In this diameter worksheet, 6th graders find the diameter of 5 circles. Students are given the formula for circumference and circumference information along with a blank box to complete their work. 
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Organizer
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Calculate the Radius

For Students 6th
In this calculating radius worksheet, 6th graders find the radius of 5 circles given the circumference information. Students must write the radius on the line provided and a box is provided to them to show their work. 
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Organizer
Curated OER

Calculate the Area

For Students 6th
In this area of a circle worksheet, 6th graders must calculate the area of 5 circles given either the radius or diameter. Students must write the area on the line provided and a blank space is provided for students to work out the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Calculate Circumference

For Students 5th - 6th
In this circumference worksheet, students calculate circumference of circle, answering in terms of pi. An answer key is given.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mensuration: Area

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this area worksheet, students read story problems, draw diagrams, and find the area of described polygons. This eight page worksheet contains six problems. Answers are provided.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tree Measurement

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Measure a tree? Yes, measure a tree! Students get outside and measure a tree's trunk, crown, and height. Each group compares their answers to determine if any re-measuring is necessary. Once back in the classroom, students make bar...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

THE AREA OF A CIRCLE

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the relationship between circumference and diameter and how to use the formula to find the area of a circle.  In this circle lesson plan students divide into groups and complete an activity. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Circumference and Diameter of a Circle

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate the finding of the diameter of a circle in order to extend the practice towards finding the circumference. They differentiate between the distance measured across a circle from that of around the perimeter.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Perimeter, Circumference and Area

For Students 9th - 11th
In this measurement learning exercise, students identify the area, perimeter and circumference of a diagram. They also find the size of a pond based on the diagram shown on the sheet. Finally, students calculate how much carpet is needed...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Librarian Who Measured the Circumference of the Earth

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore angles, triangles, and investigate the circumference of the earth. They participate in a Webquest, access data bases, and communicate with other students through an on-line project site involving the circumference...

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